Just tidbits about money and finance.
From the category archives:
My parents celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary last week. It’s a big effing deal at a time when few people stay married to the first person they picked to tie the knot with them. I took them out for a lovely meal at a local restaurant in suburban Philadelphia. (My mom refused to drive into [...]
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Menu:
Turkey (16.5lb that I told Boyfriend would be too small and I was right!)
Cornbread stuffing with Sausages, Green Beans, Apples and Chestnuts
Glazed Carrots
Cranberry Fruit Compote (Boyfriend’s recipe, keep reading for an explanation)
Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes (Boyfriend’s doing)
Sweet Potatoes w/Mini-Marshmallows (My mom asked for them. It’s crazy but she loves them.)
Asian Pears (My parents brought an [...]
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No, not from work this time. Generally, when something good happens, I shout,’Bonus!’
Last night I had dinner with my cousin, her husband, and her parents who are visiting from Korea. (My other cousin’s wife bore their first grandchild, always worth a visit.) Dinner was great and we got to play with their new puppy. At [...]
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I met a woman over the weekend who is temping. Because of her circumstances, she’s making a lot of cookies for Christmas. I think we counted her tally was almost 10 dozen.
As a kid in junior high and high school, I’d bake at least 5 dozen with my family for gifts.
These days, I don’t bother [...]
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One of my friends runs a side operation raising angora goats for mohair fleece. She participates annual in a craft fair and some other local artisan marketplaces. Because she’s got the inside scoop, our little crowd took a country excursion on Saturday to some places she recommended.
We stopped at her particular fair which is an [...]
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This year, I got all my Christmas shopping done early because there was very little thinking I had to do. I just threw money around. Kind of awful and artless, I know. But thoroughly appropriate!
1. My mom asked for a new dishwasher. I said, why not get a fridge at the same time so they [...]
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I got over $400 in checks last week from my insurance company.
One check was a refund on my auto policy because I paid up the full year and then canceled it for a better rate with another firm.
The second check was for 69% recovery of my deductible from the condo owner above me. My homeowner’s [...]
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In near-criminal fashion, the basement of Macy’s in downtown DC has Christmas decorations already up (10/26). It’s nuts, but at least it’s localized. They do have all the mannequins in the fancy dress department in red satin. But since their logo is a red star, I guess we can call them Communists and keep on [...]
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My cousin has in-laws in the DC area. She sent me a text message out of the blue on Monday asking if I was free this week for dinner. Turns out I was! I left work pretty late, but picked her and her husband up and went for a quick bite/drink in Old Town Alexandria, [...]
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Every once in a while I have some money to buy art. Not all art is expensive either.
I don’t care much for knickknacks around the house because my apartment is so small. I have a few stuffed animals that I care about for sentimental reasons and some special figurines, but that’s about it. Most are [...]
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